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Senate leaders reach agreement on filibusters (chance to offer amendments if GOP shuts up)
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| 1/27/11
| Jim Abrams - ap
Posted on 01/27/2011 12:55:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON Senate leaders said Thursday they have agreed that minority Republicans would filibuster fewer bills and nominations in exchange for a promise by the Democratic majority to give them more chances to offer amendments.
The gentleman's agreement announced by Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican leader Mitch McConnell was part of a package of measures to make the Senate a more workable and less contentious place. It also included support of a resolution, to be voted on later in the day, to end the practice of one senator being able to secretly block votes and a rules change that would slash by a third the number of presidential appointments that need Senate approval.
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KEYWORDS: 112th; agreement; filibusters; gop; senateleaders; spartansixdelta
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To: NormsRevenge
Gentlemen's Agreements are only possible between Gentlemen.
So, there is utterly no agreement here.
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posted on
01/27/2011 1:37:06 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: stockpirate
The republican senate and house leadership is comprised mostly of left wing socialists, as soon as you accept this fact and operate from that position the better it will be. It will all make sense to you if you can just hold that thought for a while.Yes. The Democrats are natural Socialists, but the Republicans got infiltrated as well, and it is all Kabuki Theater from there. None of it is real.
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posted on
01/27/2011 1:40:34 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: NormsRevenge
This isn’t that bad. Now with the GOP controlling the House, all crappy bills should be stopped (fingers crossed). Plus it’s a gentleman’s agreement which means it’s basically unenforceable, the same way the Russians view treaties with the U.S.
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posted on
01/27/2011 1:41:21 PM PST
by
coaltrain
(Obama's a Harvard lawyer like Elvis was a Black Belt)
To: Defend Liberty
Now is anyone convinced the OP(formerly the GOP) and the socialist Rats are two sides of the same coin and they are one big socialist Republicrat Party?Convinced.
44
posted on
01/27/2011 1:41:39 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: NormsRevenge
Their winkies are leaking.
45
posted on
01/27/2011 1:49:29 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: NormsRevenge
a promise by the Democratic majorityNot gonna happen.
46
posted on
01/27/2011 1:50:50 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: NormsRevenge
I see this as a win...
nothing will happen we don't want anyway since we own the house.
BUT
Since we have about a 100% chance of taking the Senate in 2012... this means these rules will work in our favor come 2012.
WIN for us.
To: NormsRevenge
It also included support of a resolution, to be voted on later in the day, to end the practice of one senator being able to secretly block votes and a rules change that would slash by a third the number of presidential appointments that need Senate approval. Republican Senators think this is a good idea? We've yet again been sold out by RINO's.
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posted on
01/27/2011 1:55:05 PM PST
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier preparing to deploy to Afghanistan)
To: NormsRevenge
Yeah, it’s a win, all right. A big win for the Dems and their RINO enablers.
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posted on
01/27/2011 1:56:19 PM PST
by
Emile
(Leftists are so 'open-minded', their brains have fallen out. -- (HT to GOPJ))
To: Blood of Tyrants
“in exchange for a promise by the Democratic majority”
The Democrats will break that promise within one week.
50
posted on
01/27/2011 1:57:01 PM PST
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: stockpirate
The republican senate and house leadership is comprised mostly of left wing socialists, as soon as you accept this fact and operate from that position th ebetter it will be. It will all make sense to you if you can just hold that thought for a while
Excellent response...and so accurate. The GOP “Leadership” in both the House and Senate is comprised of left wing socialists. Its time for people to wake up and smell the coffee
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posted on
01/27/2011 2:02:13 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Michelle Bachmann would make an excellent President)
To: Emile
I don’t understand how no one in here understands that, with a republican controlled House, this is not a bad thing...
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posted on
01/27/2011 2:05:08 PM PST
by
Grn_Lantern
(Let's go to work....)
To: NormsRevenge
OK,then at the first chance the GOP should offer an amendment to repeal Obamacare and if it isn't accepted the deal is OFF!
53
posted on
01/27/2011 2:07:26 PM PST
by
Happy Rain
("Homosexuality was the first diagnosed neurosis cured by political correctness.")
To: NormsRevenge
54
posted on
01/27/2011 2:08:48 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Grn_Lantern
The House has nothing to do with confirming nominations of 0's socialist czars of all stripes. This is the kind of thing the Repubs now pledge not to filibuster. Some of these extremists deserve to be permanently filibustered.
Not to mention if, heaven forbid, the SC loses one of its conservatives. Do the Pubs just let 0 create a socialist majority on the court, or do they filibuster for their right to maintain the present balance?
This is maybe not a bad thing now, but it could well become a very bad thing. Especially given the Pubs' long-standing tendency to roll over and submit at crunch time.
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posted on
01/27/2011 2:25:37 PM PST
by
Emile
(Leftists are so 'open-minded', their brains have fallen out. -- (HT to GOPJ))
To: NormsRevenge
gentleman's agreement announced by Majority Leader Harry ReidCan't happen.
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posted on
01/27/2011 2:37:43 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Is it time for tea yet?)
To: SeeSac
“They are in the minority in the Senate. The senate is ruled by the majority. The democrats are in the majority.”
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
“Too few have come. We cannot defeat the armies of Mordor.”
Theoden: “No. We cannot. But we will meet them in battle nonetheless.”
At least act like you have some balls. Pitiful.
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posted on
01/27/2011 2:37:43 PM PST
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: NormsRevenge
WTF Senate leaders reach agreement on filibusters (chance to offer amendments if GOP shuts up)
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posted on
01/27/2011 2:39:12 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(WTF....the only thing 0bambi's investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.)
To: paulycy
“Am I mistaken or don’t we have even more Senators now than we did before? Why should we take a weaker position than we had before? Why shouldn’t we fight for better position and not just lay down and rot?”
You failed to understand the first part of my reponse, so here it is again.
The republican leaders in the house and seante are socialists, so they take a weaker psoition to advance socialism. they do not give a hoot about the conservative agenda. And the cry from the right is “They just don’t get it.” Which is pretty much where you are coming from. Once you accept the basic fact that republican leaders in the house and seante are socialists, it will all make perfect snese to you.
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posted on
01/27/2011 3:04:25 PM PST
by
stockpirate
(Hey congress, it's our government and our money, DO NOT RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT!)
To: NormsRevenge
How about just slashing presidential appointments by one third, period. The constitution lets the prez appoint ambassadors, judges, his own staff, and the original cabinet departments. War, Treasury, Justice and Interior. That ought to be enough. No more czars and such. The modern presidency is ridiculously bloated.
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posted on
01/27/2011 3:06:01 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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